Patents by Inventor Johan Hugelier
Johan Hugelier has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230022455Abstract: A winding module and a winding installation including winding modules for winding metal wire. In such a winding installation or take-up bench a driven capstan is used to pull the metal wire through a processing installation before being led onto a take-up spool. The spool is driven by a cantilever supported shaft. In prior art take-up benches, both the capstan and the spool is reachable by an operator from the same side. This means that the capstan direction—the direction from the driven side of the capstan to the operator side—is equal to the shaft direction—the direction from the drive side of the shaft to the open end of the shaft. In the inventive winding module the capstan direction is opposite to the shaft direction, which provides a completely different operation of the winding module and the winding installation and facilitates the introduction of doffing robots.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2021Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicant: NV Bekaert SAInventors: Johan PRIEM, Johan HUGELIER, Maarten MEYFROIDT
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Patent number: 11364628Abstract: A gripper for finding, clamping and releasing spools having a circular grip part such as a flange or a bore hole as well as a method to operate such gripper. The gripper has a driveable clamp that is provided with a scanning system comprising ‘presence-absence detectors’ that detect the presence or the absence of the circular grip part. The gripper is slowly moved over the flange of the spool and by means of the detectors and some calculation the centre of the grip part is identified followed by the gripping of the spool. The gripper has the advantage that no back-and-forth movement is needed in order to locate the circular grip part and that the superfluous motion of the gripper is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: NV BEKAERT SAInventor: Johan Hugelier
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Publication number: 20200346344Abstract: The invention relates to a gripper (100) for finding, clamping and releasing spools (120) having a circular grip part (122) such as a flange or a bore hole as well as a method to operate such gripper. The gripper (100) comprises a driveable clamp (102) that is provided with a scanning system (106) comprising ‘presence-absence detectors’ (108) that detect the presence of the absence of the circular grip part (122). The gripper (100) is slowly moved over the flange of the spool and by means of the detectors (108) and some calculation the centre of the grip part (122) is identified followed by the gripping of the spool. The gripper (100) has the advantage that no back-and-forth movement is needed in order to locate the circular grip part (122).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2018Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: NV BEKAERT SAInventor: Johan HUGELIER
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Patent number: 10315882Abstract: A spool fixation device for use in a wire winding installation, where in this spool fixation device, spools having a magnetically attractable flange are held to a rotatable flange using magnet assemblies. The magnet assemblies can be switched between a ‘hold’ state and a ‘release’ state. In a preferred embodiment the magnet assemblies only consume energy when in the ‘release’ state i.e. when the spool fixation device is not rotating. Alternatively the magnet assemblies can be made to only consume energy when switching states. The magnet assemblies have permanent magnet arrays and are moveable inside a non-magnetic housing. Also a drive pin to transfer torque between rotatable flange and spool is no longer necessary. Therefore the spool fixation devices allows for a smooth changeover of spools.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: NV BEKAERT SAInventors: Johan Priem, Johan Hugelier
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Patent number: 9868612Abstract: An arrangement of an elongated element wound on a spool is presented. The elongated element has a leading end having a bent part and an unbent part. The bent part further having a beginning part and a trailing end. The leading end is positioned on the core of the spool and the bent part deviates at least for a part from a winding direction. The elongated element further forms subsequent windings in the winding direction on the core. At least one of the subsequent windings is wound over the beginning part of the bent part while an adhesive is provided to fix the trailing end of the bent part on the core simultaneously thereby securing elongated element on the spool.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2014Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: NV BEKAERT SAInventors: Johan Priem, Johan Hugelier
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Patent number: 9708152Abstract: An elongated element (10) is transferred from a second (full) spool (13) to a first (empty) spool (14). A gripper (16) is positioned on the elongated element (10). The gripper (16) catches the elongated element (10) and the elongated element (10) is cut between the gripper (16) and the second spool (13) thereby leaving a leading end (19). Thereafter the gripper (16) is positioned with the leading end (19) at the level of the first empty spool (14). The gripper (16) is rotating around the axis of the first spool (14) to form first windings to fix the elongated element (10) on the first spool (14). The method allows full automation and assures the use of the wound element (10) until its final end.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2013Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: NV BEKAERT SAInventors: Johan Hugelier, Johan Priem
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Publication number: 20160318732Abstract: A spool fixation device for use in a wire winding installation, where in this spool fixation device, spools having a magnetically attractable flange are held to a rotatable flange using magnet assemblies. The magnet assemblies can be switched between a ‘hold’ state and a ‘release’ state. In a preferred embodiment the magnet assemblies only consume energy when in the ‘release’ state i.e. when the spool fixation device is not rotating. Alternatively the magnet assemblies can be made to only consume energy when switching states. The magnet assemblies have permanent magnet arrays and are moveable inside a non-magnetic housing. Also a drive pin to transfer torque between rotatable flange and spool is no longer necessary. Therefore the spool fixation devices allows for a smooth changeover of spools.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2015Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicant: NV BEKAERT SAInventors: Johan PRIEM, Johan HUGELIER
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Publication number: 20160031672Abstract: An arrangement of an elongated element wound on a spool is presented. The elongated element-has a leading end having a bent part and an unbent part. The bent part further having a beginning part and a trailing end. The leading end is positioned on the core of the spool and the bent part deviates at least for a part from a winding direction. The elongated element further forms subsequent windings in the winding direction on the core. At least one of the subsequent windings is wound over the beginning part of the bent part while an adhesive is provided to fix the trailing end of the bent part on the core simultaneously thereby securing elongated element on the spool.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: NV BEKAERT SAInventors: Johan PRIEM, Johan HUGELIER
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Publication number: 20150166288Abstract: An elongated element (10) is transferred from a second (full) spool (13) to a first (empty) spool (14). A gripper (16) is positioned on the elongated element (10). The gripper (16) catches the elongated element (10) and the elongated element (10) is cut between the gripper (16) and the second spool (13) thereby leaving a leading end (19). Thereafter the gripper (16) is positioned with the leading end (19) at the level of the first empty spool (14). The gripper (16) is rotating around the axis of the first spool (14) to form first windings to fix the elongated element (10) on the first spool (14). The method allows full automation and assures the use of the wound element (10) until its final end.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: NV BEKAERT SAInventors: Johan Hugelier, Johan Priem
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Publication number: 20150107799Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger comprising at least one heat conducting conduit for passage of a first medium and at least one block of an open cell porous medium for passage of a second medium. The method comprises providing at least one groove in the open cell porous medium. Thereafter, the porous medium is bent in a direction such that at least part of the grooves are opened and heat conducting conduits are applied in this at least one opened groove. Thereafter, the porous medium is rebend such that the heat conducting conduits are locked in said open cell porous medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: UNIVERSITEIT GENTInventors: Franky WALLAERT, Peter De Jaeger, Johan Hugelier
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Patent number: 8875395Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger comprising at least one heat conducting conduit for passage of a first medium and at least one block of an open cell porous medium for passage of a second medium. The method comprises providing at least one groove in the open cell porous medium. Thereafter, the porous medium is bent in a direction such that at least part of the grooves are opened and heat conducting conduits are applied in this at least one opened groove. Thereafter, the porous medium is rebend such that the heat conducting conduits are locked in said open cell porous medium.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2010Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Universiteit GentInventors: Franky Wallaert, Peter De Jaeger, Johan Hugelier
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Publication number: 20130168071Abstract: 3D porous material comprises at least one machined side. The machined side has a solid percentage Ps being (1?Po), said Po is the porosity of the bulk of said 3D porous material and said Ps is within the 99.5% confidence interval. The present invention provides the method of manufacturing such 3D porous material. Preferably, the 3D porous material is open cell metal foam. The present invention also provides use of such open cell metal foam in a heat exchanger. The present invention further provides a heat exchanger comprising open cell metal foam.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2011Publication date: July 4, 2013Inventors: Johan Hugelier, Peter De Jaeger, Johan Priem
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Publication number: 20120210581Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger comprising at least one heat conducting conduit for passage of a first medium and at least one block of an open cell porous medium for passage of a second medium. The method comprises providing at least one groove in the open cell porous medium. Thereafter, the porous medium is bent in a direction such that at least part of the grooves are opened and heat conducting conduits are applied in this at least one opened groove. Thereafter, the porous medium is rebend such that the heat conducting conduits are locked in said open cell porous medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2010Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: NV Bekaert SAInventors: Franky Wallaert, Peter De Jaeger, Johan Hugelier
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Publication number: 20090008316Abstract: A filter plate for filtration (100) of a fluid as subject of the present invention comprises a first filter membrane (110) and a second filter membrane (120). The filter membranes are substantially planar and substantially-parallel. The filter membranes comprise metal fibers. The filter plate comprises a reinforcing means (130, 131) interposed between the filter membranes. The first and second filter membrane are attached to the reinforcing means. The reinforcing means creates at least two flow channels (132) between the filter membranes for guiding a fluid towards the edge of the filter plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2007Publication date: January 8, 2009Inventors: John Verhaeghe, Johan Hugelier, Martin Van Haeke, Johan Van Meenen